Niccolò Tartaglia, Three Books of Colloquies Concerning the Art of Shooting (1588)

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Date
1588
Author
Translator
Cyprian Lucar Note: 11/10/2005
Book title
Three Bookes of Colloqvies Concerning The Arte Of Shooting In Great And Small Peeces Of Artillerie, Variable randges, measure, and waight of leaden, yron, and marble stone pellets, minerall saltepeeter, gunpowder of diuers sortes, and the cause why some sortes of gunpowder are corned, and some sortes of gunpowder are not corned: Written in Italian, and dedicated by Nicholas Tartaglia vnto the Royall Prince of most famous memorie Henrie the eight, late King of England, Fraunce, and Ireland, defender of the faith &c. And now translated into English by Cyprian Lucar Gent. who hath also augmented the volume of the saide Colloquies with the contents of euery Colloquie, and with all the Ccorollaries and Tables, that are in the same volume. Also the said Cyprian Lvcar hath annexed vnto the same three books of Colloquies a Treatise named Lucar Appendix collected by him out of diuers Authors in diuers languages, to shew vnto the Reader the properties, office, and dutie of a Gunner ...
Publication place
London
Printer
Thomas Dawson
Publisher
John Harrison
Text type
printed book
Genre
Treatises
Subject area
war
Summary
Only a few logical definitions, the rationale of the book being to solve problems and give recipes for artillery firing
Language
headwords: English
Word-group
type: undifferentiated
Word-entry
type: logical
sample: Also there are Gunnes called in Italy Cortaldi, of which each pellet wayeth 45 pounde waight, and euery of the said Gunnes being seuen foot long, containeth 2740 pounde waight of mettall, and must be drawne with fiue yoke of oxen. (c3r; p. 29)
STC
23689